The following are links we’ve acquired over the years. No endorsement is implied. They are provided for informational purposes only.

737 Resources

Leading Edge Publishing. Operated by Bill Bulfer, you can order his print products here. This includes everything from the FMC User Guides to the Cockpit Companions, and much in between.

The Boeing 737 Technical Site. Operated by Chris Brady, an Engineering test pilot, this site has a comprehensive overview of the entire 737 series and provides insights on the airplane’s design evolution.

Boeing 737 Management Reference Guide. Pat Boone’s put together books covering the raison d’etre of performance and procedures, with a focus on the regulatory requirements and restrictions.

Safety Resources

Flight Safety Foundation. The FSF is a leading independent organization dedicated to the advancement of safety. Besides its many helpful safety publications, it also conducts in-depth safety audits of various aspects of the airline business, providing them with deep levels of insight.

Bluecoat Forum. The Bluecoat Forum is a private mailing list, designed for active pilots. It was formed by Captain Bill Bulfer and a collection of pilots in the mid-1990s, with the objective of improving communication on the operational issues around the use of flight management computers and highly automated cockpits. The group is hosted by Eurocontrol.

Federal Aviation Administration. Having authority over the largest aviation environment on the planet, the impact of FAA policies, guidelines, and rule-making goes far and deep. FAA operational structure and policies are either duplicated or emulated by many countries.

Boeing 737 Technical Site. A different site, by a 737 engineering test pilot, focusing on systems. There is also an expanded (and exhaustive) print version available.

Sjap's 737 Maintenance Experience Exchange. A maintenance tech, in the late 1990s, mentioned to me that sections of the DC-10 maintenance manual are "to be posted," i.e., still in development.(!) While modern maintenance manuals don't appear to have this annotation, this site seems to think there are still things best resolved by interaction between technicians, issues that the manufacturers may have missed via their no doubt excellent closed-loop feedback processes.

Boeing. A great amount of useful and often generic safety-related information can be found in the public sections of Boeing's website.